Sidley Perspectives on M&A and Corporate Governance

Sidley is pleased to share the December 2019 issue of Sidley Perspectives on M&A and Corporate Governance, a quarterly newsletter designed to keep you current on what we consider to be the most important legal developments involving M&A and corporate governance matters. Topics covered in this issue include the following:

ANALYSIS

• Trends and Opportunities in Distressed M&A Investing

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Delaware Chancery Court Rejects Argument That a Proxy Contest Is a “Proper Purpose” for a Books and Records Request
• Board Oversight of “Mission Critical” Regulatory Compliance Risk Increasingly Under Scrutiny
• Absent Compliance With MFW, Entire Fairness Review Applies to a Board’s Decision About Executive Compensation Benefiting a Conflicted Controlling Stockhold

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DEVELOPMENTS

• SEC Streamlines Process for Responding to Company Requests to Exclude Shareholder Proposals
• NYC Comptroller Continues Diversity Efforts With Boardroom Accountability Project 3.0
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Releases Best Practices for Voluntary ESG Reporting
• Retiring Delaware Chief Justice Strine Releases Ambitious Proposal to Reform the U.S. Corporate Governance Syste

Current and past issues of Sidley Perspectives on M&A and Corporate Governance are available on our website. View the December 2019 issue here and past issues here.

If you have any questions regarding this issue of Sidley Perspectives or suggestions for topics to be covered in future issues, please contact the Sidley lawyer with whom you usually work or Claire Holland, the editor of the newsletter, at cholland@sidley.com.